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Farming & the land, 1880

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Latest Commercial. the London Wool Sales

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 12 June 1880 · page 10

LONDON, June 3.—The London wool sales progress flatly, and at the auction sales this morning 8500 bales were catalogued…

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The Farmer and Grazier

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 12 June 1880 · page 19

We shall be happy to receive from practical farmers such suggestions as to the treatment of land, crops, and stock as their experience has proved to be useful. By writing for this journal…

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The Farm & STATION Australian Meat in England. (From Our Special Correspondent.)

Illustrated Sydney News and New South Wales Agriculturalist and Grazier · Saturday 12 June 1880 · page 14

[THE following letter, from our English Correspondent, arrived too late for insertion in our last issue, but the contents are so important in connection with the Meat Exportation question, that we have decided on…

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European Crop Prospects

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 12 June 1880 · page 42

New York, May 6.—The BULLETIN'S Liverpool correspondent says: All reports from Great Britain, France, Belgium, Holland, Germany, Spain, Italy, Hungary, and Algeria represent…

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Farmers and the Carriage of Hay

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 12 June 1880 · page 21

IN a previous issue we referred to the remarks of our Goulburn correspondent in connection with the carriage of hay from his district to Sydney. He said that sending it at the present rate did not pay…

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How to Make Good Farmers

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 12 June 1880 · page 21

OUR native youth, and those who are responsible for forming their habits and training them to be useful members of the community, will do well to consider whether the following questions, altered so as to suit…

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Colonial and Farm Produce

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 12 June 1880 · page 37

THE FLOUR MARKET.—The flour market continues dull, and only small trade lots of good brands are moving; inferior brands, especially Victorian and country flour, hardly saleable at any price…

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Farm Produce

Evening News · Wednesday 16 June 1880 · page 2

At the Darling Harbour railway station this morning, there was a fair supply of forage and produce from the numerous country districts on the Western and Southern lines. The market has slightly…

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The Weather—agricultural and Pastoral

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 17 June 1880 · page 7

The autumn season is closing with variable weather, but which generally is favourable to the agriculturists and graziers of the colony. Fine days and nights, which are in an Australian sense wintry, have been experienced during the past…

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New Taxation. Startling Financial Proposals. Decline of Tee Land Revenue. Wool, Coal, and Stock to Be Taxed. a Deficit of £440,000

Evening News · Thursday 17 June 1880 · page 3

IN the Legislative Assembly, yesterday, the Colonial Treasurer, Mr. Watson, took the House by surprise by delivering a supplementary budget speech [?]taining the most [?]portent proposals for increased…

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Pastoral Items

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 19 June 1880 · page 19

Pleuro has prevailed to some extent in the Ca[?]coar district, and reports of its prevalence about the Upper Murray neighbourhood have appeared. In most districts so generally favourable have the…

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Gilt-Edged Butter

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 19 June 1880 · page 20

THE price of good fresh butter is always enhanced when tastefully put up, and its appearance in other respects made to please the eye or the prevailing taste. Everyone is aware that butter of a golden…

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Flukes in Sheep

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 19 June 1880 · page 18

ON Saturday, April 10, a lecture was delivered in the Corn Exchange, Grantham, England, with a view to forming classes for teaching the science of agriculture Mr. John Lynn, of Stroxton, ocaupied the…

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The Weather—Agricultural and Pastoral

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 19 June 1880 · page 1128

The past week, which, we may here remark, was the last week of autumn, brought showers to the coast, and generally proved rather wintry. A strong west wind prevailed, and the dwellers of the lower lands were treated to a fair share…

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Hints on Butter Making in Winter

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 19 June 1880 · page 20

WHERE cows are not furnished with any fodder except such as they can gather in the bush or field, whether the latter be sown with artificial grasses or not, the winter yield of batter is both small in…

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Commercial. Wool Sales.—thursday

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 19 June 1880 · page 6

By Messrs. Maiden, Hill, and Clark.—S, 2 bales greasy wool at 6d, 1 handwashed at 7½d, 2 skin pieces at 3d; P conjoined, 3 lambs at 7d; W, 2 pieces at 1½d, 1 pieces and locks at 1d, 1 locks at 1¾d; JTX, 1 lambs at Sd; G in circle, ll scoured firsts at 18d, 5…

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An International Wool Show

Evening News · Saturday 19 June 1880 · page 4

LONDON, June 18.—An international wool show is announced to be held on an early date in Philadelphia…

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The Cultivator. Pastoral and Agricultural Shows to Come

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 19 June 1880 · page 20

Central Australian Pastoral Association, Bourke, 1st July Hay Pastoral Association, Hay, 14th July. Deniliquin Pastoral and Agricultural Society, 22nd…

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Latest Pastoral Intelligence. [By the Electric Telegraph.] Deniliquin

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 19 June 1880 · page 37

Fat stock for Victorian markets: Sunday, 2000 sheep from Groongal, consigned to Gibson and Co.; Monday, 50 Charter's cattle, to Haleigh; to-day 120 Rudd's cattle are expected to travel through to Walker and Co. On Friday…

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The Proposed Taxes on Wool and Live Stock. to the Editor of the Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 19 June 1880 · page 3

Sir,—Like numerous other of your readers, I was taken completely by surprise at the proposed intention of the hon. Colonial Treasurer to levy a tax on the export of wool and horses and cattle in the colony…

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